1989: Dawn of Freedom (Reprint)

Looking into the events that occurred in Berlin back at the end of the eighties is something that should be checked out by everyone.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of 1989: Dawn of Freedom (Reprint)

7 Wonders Card Game (Seven Wonders Card Game)

Do you grab as many blue cards as possible and boost your points or focus on a military strategy to beat up on your neighbours? Should you go for Science or just concentrate on your Wonder?Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of 7 Wonders Card Game (Seven Wonders Card Game)

7 Wonders Card Game: Leaders Expansion

Adding perhaps only ten minutes on to a game, even with seven players, is totally fine.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of 7 Wonders Card Game: Leaders Expansion

Airlines: Europe Board Game

Players are investors throwing money into the airline industry, purchasing licenses to fly between cities.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Airlines: Europe Board Game

Alhambra Board Game

Do you hold on to money towards the end of the game hoping you’ll get lucky, because whoever has the highest amount of each currency gets to take the tile from the yard for free?Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Alhambra Board Game

Amerigo Board Game

Simply colonising the islands with buildings is fun too, offering a spatial, tetris-like puzzle where the challenge comes from making best use of your available building tiles whilst scooping up the natural resources scattered around.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Amerigo Board Game

Android Board Game

This leads to a lot of interesting route planning, as you try and get where you’re going without tripping over a dodgy bar and falling face-first into a riot.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Android Board Game

Ascension Card Game: Chronicle Of The Godslayer

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Axis and Allies: 1941 Board Game

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Braggart Card Game: 2nd Edition

Carcassonne Board Game: South Seas

Finished islands offer bananas and there are fish in the water (obviously).Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Carcassonne Board Game: South Seas

Castle Panic Board Game

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Castles Of Burgundy Board Game

While you learn and develop your strategies, you’ll also have to cope with the luck of the dice rolls and the random element of what tiles will actually get pulled out at the start of the phases. Adaptability is key.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Castles Of Burgundy Board Game

Caverna Board Game

Each family of dwarves begins in a small hollowed out cavern in the side of a mountain, with dense woodland outside, and only a mouthful of food between them.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Caverna Board Game

Codenames Card Game

In the middle of the table sits a five-by-five grid of hobbit sized cards.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Codenames Card Game

Coup Card Game

Playing the game gives you licence to be the meanest, most dishonest, cut-throat around.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Coup Card Game

Cthulhu Fluxx Card Game

There are also more ungoals in Cthulhu than the history of all the Fluxx games.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Cthulhu Fluxx Card Game

Dead Of Winter Board Game

This is a masterpiece. It’s a mess, but a beautiful one that simply works.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Dead Of Winter Board Game

Descent Board Game: Journeys In The Dark 2nd Edition

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Dixit Card Game

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Dominant Species Board Game 5th Printing

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Dominant Species: The Card Game

With a limited hand you could well be forced into holding off interacting with others for a few rounds, but pushing your luck might just pay off with some unexpected good scores.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Dominant Species: The Card Game

Dungeons And Dragons Board Game: The Legend Of Drizzt

The designers have tried very hard, far more so than in previous iterations, to tie the game play of Legend of Drizzt into the source material.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Dungeons And Dragons Board Game: The Legend Of Drizzt

Dungeons And Dragons Board Game: Wrath Of Ashardalon

Death happens a lot in Wrath of Ashardalon, but thankfully you’re on the side of good so you have some Healing Surges.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Dungeons And Dragons Board Game: Wrath Of Ashardalon

Eight Minute Empire Board Game

Of course, a game called Eight Minute Empire is never going to be the deepest of affairs – it does exactly what it says on the box. However, if you go in expecting something speedy that just about scratches the itch of taking over nations, you’ll be grand.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Eight Minute Empire Board Game

Fighting Formations: Grossdeutschland Infantry Division

Flash Point Fire Rescue Board Game 2nd Edition

Fighting fires and rescuing people is what they make movies about and some kids dream of being a fireman and playing with the siren far too much!Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Flash Point Fire Rescue Board Game 2nd Edition

Forbidden Desert Board Game

At the end of end of each player’s turn, the game gets a go at destroying you.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Forbidden Desert Board Game

Forbidden Island Board Game

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Fresco Board Game

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Geistesblitz Card Game

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Goblins Inc Board Game

Teams will then draft tiles back and forth, whilst constructing their death robots.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Goblins Inc Board Game

Imperial Settlers Card Game

There are so many little things that put Imperial Settlers head and shoulders above other Civ style games.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Imperial Settlers Card Game

Kemet Board Game

Kemet has a giant scorpion in it. This same scorpion can be used alongside armies to lay waste to all who stand before them. Buy Kemet. My work here is done. Good day.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Kemet Board Game

Kingdom Builder Board Game

Your choices will be somewhat impaired by the Mountain and Water spaces which can’t be built upon but there are Castles dotted about the place that give you bonus gold when scoring comes around.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Kingdom Builder Board Game

Le Havre: The Inland Port Board Game

Also pretty hardcore: the final sector. Should you allow any of your buildings to slip into that area you’ll have to sell it for half the price. You will feel like an ass, even though you could potentially pick it up again.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Le Havre: The Inland Port Board Game

Legacy: Testament Of Duke De Crecy Board Game

All the while your opponents are mocking your decision to marry off the youngest heir to the Gardener’s daughter.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Legacy: Testament Of Duke De Crecy Board Game

Lords Of Vegas Board Game

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Mascarade Card Game

If you can bluff your way through a couple of rounds you can easily pull in plenty of coins, but that then leaves you open to attack from characters who can steal from your pile.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Mascarade Card Game

Memoir '44 Board Game

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Mr Jack Pocket Edition

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Nations Board Game

For those who are looking to add a great civilisation building title to their collection that’s not going to take an entire day to play, I’d say that Nations is an essential purchase. For everyone else, try before you commit, but I reckon you’ll love it.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Nations Board Game

Pandemic Board Game: 2013 Edition

Pathfinder RPG: Core Rulebook

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Pixel Tactics Card Game: 1

The genius of Pixel Tactics, however, lies in the fact that every single Leader’s ability is ludicrously powerful and totally broken, creating a weird kind of balance.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Pixel Tactics Card Game: 1

Race For The Galaxy Card Game

Simply put, it’s a card based game of civilisation building but there’s so much more to the experience than that. The cards you hold in your hand are split into either Worlds or Technologies, both types of which will help you expand your galactic empire in countless different ways.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Race For The Galaxy Card Game

Railways of The World Board Game

Fortunately, debt is your friend. Loans (or bonds), can be taken to provide a cash influx to get you started.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Railways of The World Board Game

Rex: Final Days Of The Empire Board Game

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Scotland Yard Board Game

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Seasons Card Game

Should there be a star on the dice you choose, you also get to move a space up your summoning track.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Seasons Card Game

Seasons Card Game 2

The art and excellent iconography of the cards, dice and central play board capture a sense of light fun – wizards and spells, summoning familiars and artefacts.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Seasons Card Game 2

Sentinels Of The Multiverse Card Game: Enhanced Edition

Status markers have also been included which make remembering who is dealing bonus damage or protected from certain effects an awful lot easier. The fact that everything provided comes styled in a comic book fashion keeps the theme solid; no more complaints about being drawn out of the game world.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Sentinels Of The Multiverse Card Game: Enhanced Edition

Small World Board Game: Underground

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Smash Up Card Game

Just look at the box with all of its tantalisingly empty slots craving more decks.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Smash Up Card Game

Space Cadets: Dice Duel Game

The players catch their collective breath, and the launched missile crashes headlong into the enemy hull!Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Space Cadets: Dice Duel Game

Spartacus: A Game Of Blood And Treachery Board Game

If the Intrigue phase is all about pulling in a much cash as you can while keeping the others down, the Auction is where you get to spend your ill-gotten gains.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Spartacus: A Game Of Blood And Treachery Board Game

Spartacus: A Game Of Blood And Treachery Board Game 2

Undeterred, a swing with his massive trident decapitated the innocent girl much to the glee of a rabid crowd, and the Dominus who had bet the farm on Spartacus.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Spartacus: A Game Of Blood And Treachery Board Game 2

Star Fluxx Card Game

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Suburbia Board Game

In short, it scratches that Sim City itch that has plagued me since I first slotted that cartridge into my Super Nintendo all those years ago.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Suburbia Board Game

Sunrise City Board Game

Placing a disc on a tile means that it’s your area for now, but other players may put theirs on top of yours!Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Sunrise City Board Game

Tales Of The Arabian Nights Board Game

... spending the rest of the game trying to evade the law in Adrianople, a state of affairs oddly similar to getting married in this game.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Tales Of The Arabian Nights Board Game

Terra Mystica Board Game

Through a certain lens, if you strip away the theme and just look at mechanics, Terra Mystica could be described as a straight Euro game or more precisely, several Euros pasted together. What holds this all together and elevates the entire experience is the theme.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Terra Mystica Board Game

The Downfall of Pompeii Board Game

Oh, did I forget to mention that the game comes with a little plastic volcano to hurl your victims into?Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of The Downfall of Pompeii Board Game

The Lord Of The Rings Living Card Game (LCG) Core Set

Then hurry this way, my friend. There’s a lot of ground to cover if we plan on reaching Mirkwood by daybreak.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of The Lord Of The Rings Living Card Game (LCG) Core Set

The Manhattan Project Board Game

Quote from the Bhagavad Gita: Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds!Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of The Manhattan Project Board Game

Ticket To Ride Board Game

Hopefully your little plastic trains eventually create a sprawling network all across the board. I say hopefully because managing to link the cities will give you a nice amount of bonus points when you finish.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Ticket To Ride Board Game

Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar Board Game

Between working out the best placements for your workers and trying to discern when and where they’re going to end up, forward thinking is the order of the day – any loss of concentration will see you slip behind pretty swiftly.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Tzolkin: The Mayan Calendar Board Game

Urban Sprawl Board Game

A golden rule is definitely Keep Your Options Open – you’ll need to. Or smash the other players’ buildings down and take over the spaces for yourself. They’re both good options. Perhaps try and combine the two?Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Urban Sprawl Board Game

Valley Of The Kings Card Game

Despite coming in a small box, this is a game that’s as spiteful as it is quick to play.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Valley Of The Kings Card Game

Vivajava: The Coffee Board Game

It’s a game that rewards those who feel like trying something a little different with a one-off gaming experience, hitting that balance between working together to do the very best you can as a group with the desire to strike out on your own to surge forward and win.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Vivajava: The Coffee Board Game

Zombicide Board Game

And how do you expect to get by without Uma Thurman from Kill Bill?Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Zombicide Board Game

Zombie Dice Game

Zombie Dice is not the hardest game in the world, and many gamers out there will absolutely hate it.Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Zombie Dice Game

Zpocalypse Board Game

Getting one of your characters trapped behind a wall of the undead just so you could potentially score a few extra points…Link to The Little Metal Dog Show review of Zpocalypse Board Game